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Demo bindings vs rails

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Jah-Beef
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My friend has demo bindings and thinks it’s the bindings that make him suck at rails. Can anyone vouch for him?
8 years ago
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Hoyer
Posts: 26 - Karma: 166
What the hell do bindings have anything to do with being able to do rails
8 years ago
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Jah-Beef
Posts: 69 - Karma: 88
HoyerWhat the hell do bindings have anything to do with being able to do rails

That’s my argument but he says that since demo bindings are raised from the ski it’s harder
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The.Fish
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i have schizo bindings which are basically demo bindings but you can move the pieces up and down the ski and keep the same bsl. I don’t like them but I suck at park and can still slide rails perfectly fine.
8 years ago
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twoshanes
Posts: 263 - Karma: 745
idk shit about binding tech, but I had demo bindings when I learned how to ski rails and I survived. Weight could be an issue, but I think the solution here is to call him a pussy until he decides to quit skiing forever.
8 years ago
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oxiclean
Posts: 615 - Karma: 693
Demo bindings are significantly heavier, but also your friend just sucks.
8 years ago
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fries
Posts: 2979 - Karma: 7,528
Sounds like an excuse. I learned rails on a pair of clunky 150$ skis with old rental bindings.
8 years ago
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JoeC92
Posts: 516 - Karma: 1,304
He just needs full tilts
8 years ago
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flip_flopz
Posts: 40 - Karma: 225
I mean, they are a little heavier but not heavy enough to make someone "suck at rails". Ur friend is making an excuse

However, demo bindings are kinda sketchy reliability-wise compared to normal alpine bindings. So easy to come out of em when you don't want to. Wouldn't want to be pushing it too hard on a pair of demos.
8 years ago
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Belch
Posts: 212 - Karma: 219
sounds like your freind is a pussy
8 years ago
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lloyd_braun
Posts: 64 - Karma: 488
it's not the arrow....it's the indian
8 years ago
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aideey10
Posts: 42 - Karma: 100
I learned rails on a pair of skis that had race bindings and weren't center mounted and it was just fine. The race binding deffentally added some weight though.
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suup
Posts: 1485 - Karma: 4,370
lloyd_braunit's not the arrow....it's the indian


Native American or Archer, you unpolitically correct fuck
8 years ago
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